Bernhard Eisel

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Bernhard Eisel


image_caption = Eisel during 2007 Tour de France
fullname = Bernhard Eisel
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|2|17
country = AUT
height = height|m=1.83
weight = convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on
currentteam = Team Columbia
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Sprinter
amateurteams = Rinascita Ormelle
Gli Amici Piave
amateuryears =
proyears = 2000–2001
2003–2006
2007
2008–
proteams = Mapei
Française des Jeux
T-Mobile
Team Team Columbia
majorwins =
updated = July 14, 2008

Bernhard Eisel (born 17 February 1981 in Voitsberg) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for Team Columbia. He won his first race when he was 11 years old, since then he has won many races. When he was 17, he moved to Italy to race for the team Rinascita Ormelle, based in Treviso. After that he moved to Gli Amici Piave, the team of Moreno Argentin. In 2001 he joined the team Mapei and became a professional cyclist, from 2003 on he joined fdjeux.com, a team which is now called Française des Jeux.

Important Victories

;2002: Solar - Radclassic - Gleisdorf;2003: Stage 2, GP Erik Breukink: Stage 4, Tour du Limousin;2004: Stage 3, Criterium des Espoirs;2005: Stages 1 and 4, Volta ao Algarve: Stage 1, Tour de Suisse: Stage 4, Gran Prémio Internacional da Costa Azul;2006: Stage 4, Tour of Qatar: Stage 2, Volta ao Algarve: Stage 2a, KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde;2007: Stage 2, Volta ao Algarve: 1st overall, Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling:: 1st, Lancaster Classic:: 1st, Reading Classic:: 3rd, Philadelphia International Championship;2008: 1st, Stage 5, Volta ao Algarve: 2nd, Reading Classic: 1st, Paris-Bourges

Tour de France

*2004 - 131st
*2005 - 143rd
*2006 - 107th
*2007 - 121st
*2008 - 144th

External links

* [http://www.eisel.com Personal website]

Persondata
NAME= Eisel, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1981-02-17
PLACE OF BIRTH=Voitsberg, Austria
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=